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Who said that Altair and Ezio are directly related to each other? I've got ancestors that I'm related to that aren't related to each other. Desmond might have some Middle Eastern and Italian blood in him coming from his two parents. All just because he's related to the two of them doesn't mean they're related to each other.
Just throwing this out there but the Ottoman Empire was literally next to Italy. I don't know if that could mean anything.
It's actually explained pretty clearly. Maria (the woman you almost kill instead of the final target in AC1) gets knocked up by Altair in a cutscene in AC2. The codex in AC2 also mentions how Maria went back to Italy. This then leads on to Ezio's family and since America is just a melting pot of races then it's likely they moved over there at some point.ReservoirAngel said:
They aren't burning the finger off, they are branding it with a little Assassin symbol. Sort of catering to tradition without the unnecessary hassle of losing a finger.kuyo said:Okay, then what's up with the ritual burning off the finger in AC2 and bro.hood? I think they just want to imply that Rahm Emanuel is an assassin, but it's the wrong finger.MagicBucket said:She didn't... Bend your ring finger inwards and look at the back of your handkuyo said:
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the arabs occupied sicily for a long time, plus venice, genoa, pisa all traded a lot with the middle east, so the idea isn't too far fetched
its not so farfetched, imo... but Ezio is way too pureblood Italian. looking at him and listening to him, he doesnt seem even 1/16th middle eastern.
i guess Maria would have to have had a daughter, who married an Auditore, and Ezio is like their great grandson.
i guess Maria would have to have had a daughter, who married an Auditore, and Ezio is like their great grandson.
Not that I know the real back story but Altair and Ezio don't have to be directly related to each other in order to both be related to Desmond they could just be great great great and great grand parents of Kids who become Apart of Desmond's Family wouldn't even need to be at the same point in history.ReservoirAngel said:
Edit: Also Anyone could be/gain the Guild of Assassin's I think those two just happened to be best/biggest ones of their times.
Well, considering there's at least a 250 year gap between Altair and Ezio, that's a lot of time for Altair's descendants to go to Italy. If you read the writings on the wall of the Auditore crypt in Monteriggioni in AC2 (Part of the map pack DLC) it'll detail how the Auditores came to be in Italy. And the time gap between Ezio and Desmond is around 500 years so that's more than enough time for the bloodline to immigrate to America.
Not to mention Bloodlines (PSP) basically has Altair travelling to Cyprus (Greece) in 1192 AD.
So with all that brought together, it's pretty plausible for the bloodline to go from the Middle East (Israel presumably) to Italy to the U.S.
Also, no one ever said they were pure-blooded Italians.
Not to mention Bloodlines (PSP) basically has Altair travelling to Cyprus (Greece) in 1192 AD.
So with all that brought together, it's pretty plausible for the bloodline to go from the Middle East (Israel presumably) to Italy to the U.S.
Also, no one ever said they were pure-blooded Italians.
Nothing proves Altair is even an Arab. His biography only says his father was Muslim and his mother was Christian and that sometime in his childhood he left to join the assassins. That leaves a lot open to interpretation. Even his name could have been something his parents used as a sign of piety or something he adopted when he came into an order of Arabic hitmen. He could easily be a full-blooded Greek.
Add on 200 years between the two games and an, as far as I know, heavily implied relationship with some girl in a tower in the first game, there's no reason one of his descendants couldn't be adopted or married into the Auditore family. Especially if they're assassins themselves.
Full-blooded Italian is a pretty loaded term, anyway. The peninsula has seen its share of invaders. If you go to the Northern parts people look different than the Southern parts because of different histories.
Add on 200 years between the two games and an, as far as I know, heavily implied relationship with some girl in a tower in the first game, there's no reason one of his descendants couldn't be adopted or married into the Auditore family. Especially if they're assassins themselves.
Full-blooded Italian is a pretty loaded term, anyway. The peninsula has seen its share of invaders. If you go to the Northern parts people look different than the Southern parts because of different histories.
But they actually don't. What we see of the assassins is Desmond himself in the animus, not the ancestors as they were. Or at least that's what I thought when I first played the games. I might be quite wrong though.ReservoirAngel said:
I think It's all to do with migration, and Altair was maybe only distantly related to Ezio's family.
Besides, Altair travelled all over the world, as shown on the codex map.
Besides, Altair travelled all over the world, as shown on the codex map.